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Crystal River current., 1887-03-05
Tom Boughton returned from
Crested Butte on Monday.
Edits.


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Edits.
Didn't we tell you SO.
What do you think of our little
sheet now?
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Governor Adams has vetoed the
bill giving bounty on wolvec,
If there is anything that makes
a man weary it is to see a woman
"chawing" gum.
We said, when but n week old,
that we were small, but, like all
children, would grow-have we not
kept our word
With this issue the CURRENT be-
comes five months and one week
old and has growed one column
wider and thirteen ems longer in
the one week.
Delta county has whirled upon
her. ear" and sued her mother coun-
ty for rebate on taxes. Delta
claims that Gunnison county was
over paid when the county division
was made.
Mrs. Annie Jeuness miller, of
Boston, will soon start magazine
in New York, called "Dress," which
we advise every mother, who has
a daughter, and cares for her future
health and beauty of form and fea-
lures, to have in their homes. The
magazine will be devoted to dress,
(of the sensible kind), anti-bustle
and anti-corsetism.
Crystal River current., 1887-03-05

Major s. 7. Thompson died, in
Denver on the first.
Crystal River current., 1887-03-05

Paul Roche returned from his
trip to Gunnison on Monday, where
he had been spending several weeks
taking little rest and enjoying
himself generally.
Crystal River current., 1887-03-05
Local and all Sorts.

Subscribe for the CURRENT.
Crystal River current., 1887-03-05

W. +. Mason and A. B. Fish
went up to Williams & Bats place.
at the Silver Link, on Sheep Noun
tain, on Monday. They returned
Wednesday and went down the
river the next day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
THE STREET RAILROAD FIGHT.
What the New Company Proposes to
do If Interfered With.

What the New Company Proposes to
do if Intertered With.
Seven cars were ordered yesterday by the
Rural Resort Railroad, to be delivered on
or before Feb. /. Those interested in the
new enterprise are somewhat irritated by
the course of the City and Suburban
railway. A director of the COM
pany said yesterday that if the old company
persisted in its legal proceedings it would re-
greet it, as there was no doubt that the Rural
Resort road has the right to use Montgom-
cry street and certain other streets, and it
could and would run its cars on them. By
reducing the fare to pa or 8 cents it
could take away the business of the City
and Suburban railways Whitaker street
West Broad street lines, or make
that company reduce its fare also. The
director stated that the Rural Resort rail
roads stockholders were able to run their
road for year or two without profit, and
they proposed to do it, if their opponents in
terfere with the rights and privileges that
their company has obtained from the State
and city.
The new company seems to be anxious to
have the old company take some decisive
steps so as to develop its plan of procedure,
but the City and Suburban folks appear to
be feeling their way along. Their attorney
stated day or two ago that he nearly had
his papers in the injunction case ready.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
Letter from Franz Liszt.
ITRANSLATIoN.1

TRANSLATIoN.1
MeSsrs. Chickering d Sons:
1t is very agreeable to me to add my name
to the concert of praises of which your
pianos are the object
To be just, must declare them perfect
Perfectissime (superlatively perfect.
There is no quality which is foreign to
them. Your instruments possess in the su-
preme degree nobility and power of tone,
elasticity and security of touch, harmony,
brilliancy, solidity, charms and prestige,
and thus offer an harmonious ensemble of
perfection, to the exclusion of all defects
Pianists of the least pretensions will find
means of drawing from them agreeable
effects, and in the face of such products
which truly do honor to the art of the con-
Struction of instruments--the role of the
critic is as simple as that of the public; the
one has but to applaud them conscientiously
and with entire satisfaction and the other
but to procure them in the same manner.
In congratulating you sincerely upon the
great decisive success obtained at the
exposition at Paris, am pleased to antici-
pate the happy continuation of the same in
all places where your pianos will be heard
and beg that you accept, gentlemen, the
expression of my most distinguished senti-
ments of esteem and consideration.
(Signed) f. LIszT.
ROME
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
Still Thew Come and Still They Go,

Still They Come and Still They Go,
And that, too, on their merits. One can
but express surprise at the immense bust
ness transacted at the Ludden & Bates
S. NJ H., especially in their Piano and
Organ Department.
Every steamer comes in heavily laden
with the leading makes for this well-known
House, and customers eagerly avail them
selves of an opportunity to secure the bar
gains offered.
Why is it? you ask Well, the secret is
an open one, and here it is: They offer q
better Piano or Organ at lolUer prices and
upon easier terms than can be had else
where, and if you 'odat TO pay all cash
then dtLOlU q liberal discount from time
prices Pianos on payments of 81 so weekly !;
Organs 81 % weekly. Every instrument
warranted six years. A dollar for every
dollar invested; no misrepresentation
courteous treatment; fair, square dealing,
etc., are some of the points to which they
owe their unparalleled success.
Busy as bees, and their sales of Pianos
and Organs thus far, for holidays much
larger than ever before. Time too precious
to spend in condemning other makes than
those they handle. Instruments that oOiLL
not sell on their OlCf merits cannot be
found an this reliable establishment.
Give them a call. 1t will pay you to do
So Best instruments and money SdUed to
eUery purchaser.
Thousands of Pianos and Organs sold by
this House during the past eighteen years
still stand as creditable cards to both manu-
facturers and the Ludden e. Bates s. M. III.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
THE BAD F.RECRACKER.
Or a Good Alderman's Revenge-A
Christmas Story.

Christmas Story.
| On Christmas night many years ago,
while the boys were firing peppers and pop
! ping Roman candles, the fire bells began to
ring, for all the bells in the town rang out
an alarm in those good old times. 1t was a
I chilly rainy night-iust such rainy Chris
mas night as comes around every year in
| the Sunny South. The firemen-for it was
volunteer department in those days
when boys and men worked themselves sick
| to save other peoples property-had been en-
| joying themselves like other Christians, and
were not in a hurry to get TO the fire. Some
of them could hardly navigate owing to the
! amount of ginger ale they had drunk. The
fire bells kept on ringing, but there were no
lurld flames to be seen, for the fire was In
cotton warehouse in the vicinity of the
classic Old Fort, and the iron doors would
not let the flames out, and by the same
token the firemen could not get at the fire.
1t was not much of fire, but the trouble
came out of it because the cotton was the
property of an Alderman. When he ar
rived on the ground, or at the place of the
concealed confagration, he was very
wrathy, and he determined to have revenge
on the small boy who fired crackers, the
cracker that was alleged to have set the
fire, and the firemen who failed to put out
the fire in spite of the heavy iron doors. The
cotton man was not only an Alderman, but
bank director, and a bull-dozer. He was
very fond of having good time,
and he generally had it, but
have one unless they were his two or
three chums. He called the Board of AL
dermen together, and jolly old board it
was, and the board sat down on the fire
cracker alias the pepper" from that day,
and soon after they sat down on the volun-
teer fire department.
The Aldermen were considerate enough
to let the boys who lived south of Lib
erty street fire their fireworks in the
squares Ten of the then Aldermen resided
south of Liberty street: therefore their boys
were not quarantined, but those living north
of that street couldn't fire a ''popper."
Though the cotton storage business has long
since departed to the wharves and cotton
press sheds, the law is still enforced. The
cotton fires, however, have not ceased The
following is the law about as it was passed
at the request Of the cd Alderman whose
cotton was burnt on that Christmas night
many years ago:
1.-The firing of skyrockets, wheelrockets,
Roman candles, serpents, firecrackers, or of
any other article or thing containing gun
powder, and the making of bonfires, except
in the extended portion of Forsyth place,
and in the public squares of the city south
of Liberty street: and then only five days
before and ten days after Christmas day, is
hereby prohibited" etc.
The good Alderman is no longer in Office,
in fact it is doubtful if he is now opposed to
fireworks, but the boys living north of
Liberty street remember him because they
are deprived of privileges which the boys
living south of that street enjoy, for no
other reason except what may be inferred
from this little Christmas story.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
Local Personal.

Hamilton Leith, of Birmingham, Ala, is
at the Pulaski.
j. s. Cook, of Atlanta, was registered at
the Pulaski yesterday.
G. W. Lancaster, of DeIand, Fla, is
among the Floridians registered at the
Pulaski House.
Representative Norwood returned from
Washington yesterday and will spend the
holidays in Savannah.
Col George E. Waring, Jr., of Newport,
r. l., Is registered at the Pulaski. Col
Warning is the author of the Waring system
of sewerage
Miss Anna Livingston, of New York, is
spending her holiday vacation with her
schoolmate, Miss Mamie Blum, as a guest of
Capt. and Mrs. II. Blum.
The young ladies and gentlemen of Mr.. G.
S. Richmonds commercial school yesterday
presented Mr.. Richmond with hand
some hand-painted umbrella holder as a
Christmas gift.
Miss Jennie Thomas who has been at
Miss Randolph's school in Baltimore, and
Mr.. John M. Thomas, who is student at
the State University, Athens, are here
spending the holidays with their parents,
Alderman and Mrs d. r. Thomas. This
is the first time in four years that Miss
Thomas has spent Christmas at home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24

We have scarcely time to eat or sleep,
and to write out Din this hubbub) truthful
advertisement, as we never write humbug
or exaggerated ones, seems hardly possible.
We have twenty-seven people in our en-
ploy, and they require attention, and in adj
dtion the rush continues and has been so
unprecedented that we can hardly realize it
ourselves. Nevertheless we will try and
keep it up until Saturday night.
We beg that you will not forget our Piano
and Organ department with the unexcelled
Seintody Pianos at the head. If a person
wants TO buy a first-class Piano, why, of
course, he might as well have the best. The
Steinway Piano is the creme dc tG creme,
the ne plus ultra Of all Pianos. II is relief
TO us 10 run up to the Music department,
away from the turmoil down stairs, and
play the Stein,Ody to our customers
SCHREINER's Music AND Toy House.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
THE CONTRACTS AWARDED.
The City Accepts the Warren-Scharf
Paving Company's Bids.

Inc OlJy Accepts Cne WaFren-ocAdrI
Paving Company's Bids.
The paving question, it is understood, has
been definitely settled for the present. The
contract for paving Congress street, Bull
street from Congress to State street, and
Broughton street from Abercorn to East
Broad street has been awarded to the
Warren-Scharf Asphalt Company, and the
company has given the required security.
Certain streets in the western part of the
city are to be paved with rock, and if there
is any money left either Gwinnett, New
Houston, Henry or Duffy streets will be
paved.
1t appears that there should not be any
hesitation in regard to paving Gwinnett
street for the reason that the people living
on the street are ready and anxious to have
1t done and are willing TO pay their share
toward the improvement. 1t is estimated
that it will take $4,000 to do the paving
that the Council has mapped out to be done
this year. If such system had been started
twenty years ago, namely the spending of
$4,000 on the permanent improvement of
the streets of the city, Savannah would to-
day have been the most comfortable place
to live IN in the South
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
TITCOMR UP AGAIN.
To Be Tried For Assault with Intent
to Murder-A Youthful Horse Thief.

To Be Tried For Assault With Intent
to Murder-A Youthful Horse Thief
There was only one trial in the Superior
Court yesterday. Several cases were as
signed for the day, but they were re-
assigned as the attorneys had not had time
to prepare their cases. Sam Ttccmb was to
have been tried for assault with intent to
murder, but he stated to the court that he
had been tried twice in the City Court only
few DAYS previous, and he was in Macon
when he was indicted for this offense. He
did not know that he had been indicted until
yesterday morning and had not mad time to
prepare for trial Judge Adams said that
he thought Titcomb was entitled to time
under the circumstances, so he re-asSigned
the case for Jan. 5.
The next case called was the State against
William Harris, charged with horse steal
ing. When the prisoner took his seat in the
defendants chair his feet did not come
within six inches Of the floor. He was a
little 10-year-old colored boy, and he was as
miserable looking little object as can well
be imagined. When Solicitor General
duBignon saw him he entered nolle
prosequi. He SAID he did not thiuk the child
was old enough to be legally responsible for
such a crime and he did not think justice
would be very much dissatisfied if
he was not punished. Dr. Dupont,
from whom the boy stole the horse,
said he had no objections to his being dis
missed, that he had prosecuted because he
thought it was his duty to do so. He caught
the boy riding away on his horse, and 1t
might be that he only intenced to take a
ride and bring the horse back. Judge
Adams gave Willie lecture on good be-
havior and let him go.
Daniel Brown was convicted of burglary
and sent to the peniteniary for ten years.
He broke open the house of F. Gregory,
the overseer on Mr.. John Schley's place.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
MUST PAY THE POLL TAX.
The New Law Enacted by the Last
General embly-Its Provisions.

The New Law Enacted by the Last
General Assembly-Its Provisions.
Tax Collector MCGOWAN is in receipt Of a
circular letter from the Comptroller General
informing him of an act passed by the last
Legislature to 'amend, revise and consoli-
date the common school laws" which re-
quires that the Tax Collectors of the State
shall issue on Dec 20 Of each year separate
fl fas tor all unpaid poll taxes, and at once
turn them over to the County School Boards
for collection.
AS the Tax Collectors office here was
closed by law on the 18th inst, Mr.. Nc
Gowan is hard at work ON these poll tax ex-
ecutions against delinquents, and he hopes
to be able to comply with the law and turn
them over to the agent of the Board of Ed
ucation in few days, and those who failed
to nav their poll tax last week will not be
able to do s. until the law has been COM
piled with, as he cannot now issue poll tax
receipts. and the Sheriff is deprived of the
power of satisfying this kind of executions,
except as agent of the Board OF Education
This change in the law will be a surprise
to very many voters who have heretofore
depended on the party in power to pay their
poll tax or who have relied on the leniency
of the Sheriff for relief from the costs of
execution. They will now find that they
have to deal with the Board of Education in
settling their contribution to the support of
the public schools A proper enforcement
of the law may prove a potent factor in
removing from the field of politics the pay
ment of the poll tax, which is intended
strictly to be a fund for the benefit of our
public school system, and not as the means
of making voters in closely contested cleo
tionS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
The Latest Thing in Organs.

Among other popular errors that are
fading away before modern enterprise and
invention is the notion that reed organ is
not musical instrument adapted to the best
clasnpf music. OF all firms who have had
to do with this gradual education OF the
popular mind, Mason e. Hamlin may be re-
garded as one of the most eminent Inc
"I4iszt Organ made by Mason & Hamlin,
is an instrument which has received the
praises of some of the most prominent mu-
sicians. The late FranZ Liszt, for whom 1T
was named, and who is certainly one of the
most distinguished musicians the world has
seen, pronounced the organ made for him TO
be matches, nrivaled," and referred to
it as this magnificent and, to me, 20 pre-
cious instrument" As proof Its capablll.
ties and their appreciation it is only needful
to mention that it is used by the MendelSsohn
Glee Club of New York; by the Apollo
Clubs of Boston, Chicago and Brooklyn; by
the Metropolitan Opera Company, and by
many other of the best authorities. One OF
the latest improvements on this instrument
is the pedal point stop, recently patented.
Some marvellous new designs Ill cases
have also been made and can be
seen at Ludden g. Bates s. NJ. II.
Besides varieties of organs, Mason
& Eamlin have been recently putting in
the field an upright piano for which they
claim high rank This piano has received
the Communications of many musical people
1t is especially remarkable for having done
away with the old wrest pins on which each
string was formerly wound, and having sub
stituted for it patent of Mason q Ham
Inns, which makes tuning much easier and
necessarily less frequent. This improve.
ment is supplemented by their patent re-
peating spring, which removes the objection
to many upright pianos, that of losing or
dropping a note when rapidly repeated
This spring makes sure of each note being
sounded with distinctness. Ludden d Bates
S. NJ. H. warerooms are well worth a visit
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
Music This Afternoon
At Ludden & Bates Southern Music House.
Also Christmas Goods at bottom prices.
Fireworks for Xmas.

BY the city ordinance, Wednesday of this
week will be the first day and night that
fireworks can be shot off, and then only in
the park extension and the squares south of
Liberty street. We have just opened ire
mendous stock of Firecrackers, Cannon
Crackers, Roman Candles, Skyrockets, Ser
penis, Vertical Wheels, and many other
fancy pieces. Make your purchases and
selections before the rush of Xmas Our
prices are lower than last year, and lower
than can be had elsewhere. Get our prices
and see cur stock at once. DAVIS Bros.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
RIVER AND HARBoR NOTES.
Happenings Among the Shipping and
Along the Wharves.

Happenings Among the Shipping and
Along the Wharves.
The Italian bark Washington was cleared
yesterday by Messrs. A. r. Salas & Co. for
Corunna with 4 ,63S pieces pitch pine lumber,
measuring 416, 1862 feet, valued at $5,6SS 43 !;
cargo by Messrs. Butler g. Stevens.
Messrs. Hoist e. Co. cleared yesterday the
British bark Valona for Liverpool with
1850 bales of upland cotton, weighing
1889, $50 pounds, valued at $136,92S 10, and
100 barrels of rosin, valued at 1927, and
4,S20 oak slaves, valued at $500; total valu-
alton of cargo $l37, 655 TO-
The bark Tillid was cleared yesterday by
Messrs. Joseph A. Roberts G. Co. for Monte
video for orders with Al, 408 pieces of pitch
pine lumber, measuring 23S, POS feet, valued
at s., 977 So, and 900 barrels of rosin, weigh
ing 457,435 pounds, valued at S2,450 81;
total valuation of cargo s., 42S 10.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24

We represent only first-class and reliable
instruments; Pianos that we can safely and
conscientiously recommend to strangers as
well as to our most intimate friends. Our
prices are the same to rich and poor, the
same honest instrument and guarantee to
all. No special drives, no two prices. Our
prices are low as instruments of their stand
ing can be sold, and we guarantee both the
price and instrument. Elegant stool and
cover with every piano sold. See our mag
nificent display of Knabe Pianos now ON ex-
hibition. DAVIS Bros.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
Central Railroad Stockholders.

We invite each and every one of you to
visit our stores while in cur city, and in
spect our Xmas stock and see our elegant
display of Pianos. We have % Pianos, Up
rights, Squares and Grand's, for you to Sc
lect from; all good, square, honest instru
ments. We guarantee our prices to be as
low as the quality of the instrument will
allow. We handle the Knabe, Kranich &
Bach, Baus, Harrington and Estey Piano,
and Estey Organs. See our stock, get our
prices and terms before you buy elsewhere
it will be to your advantage. Davis Bros,
AZ and A Bull street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
Knabe Fianos for Executive Mansions

Messrs. VIM. Knabe & Co. have just fur
nished to Gov Beaver, of Pennsylvania, a
beautiful Upright Grand Piano, ordered by
him for the Executive Mansion at Harris
burg. The case is of artistic style in rich
variegated rosewood, and the instrumental
part of the highest order of merit with a
tone of very rich and sympathetic quality,
and a touch of remarkable ease and elias
ITCHY. A very fine Concert Grand was sup
piled by them recently to Gov. Fitzhugh
Lee for the Executive Mansion at Rich
mond, Va, which, excepting on some of the
outside ornamentation of the case is fac
simile of the celebrated White House Knabe
Grand, the piano of the Presidents Mansion
described in our columns heretofore Balti-
more american.
See Davis Bros for prices and terms
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
Cotton Seed Wanted.

The Southern CottonsOn Company want
Immediately at their Savannah mill 6O0, 900
bushels of Cotton Seed. Their mill here is
now in splendid condition, and they can
handle seed with the greatest promptness.
They are paying higher prices for seed than
usual, and they will pay cash for same or
exchange for meal and fertilizers Those
having seed will do well to correspond with
the Company at their Savannah mill
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.

There were seven arrests for disorderly
conduct yesterday.
The annual meeting of the Reppard Iron
Company's stockholders will be held at the
companys Office, No 20 Bay street, Jan. q
Mr.. Arthur J. O'Hara, the principal of
St Patrick's school, was the recipient yes
terday of a handsome gold headed cane
from scholars of that school,
A meeting of the members of the Cotton
Exchange was held yesterday, and it was de-
cided to close the Exchange at 2 o'clock to-
day, and remain closed until Tuesday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
Where Are You Going, My Pretty
Maid2

Going down to L. & B. S. M. H. to select
a Piano for my Christmas present. Haven't
you heard of their great Christmas Piano
and Organ Sale! Why, my papa says its
too good a chance to be missed, and so he is
going to give me the Piano I've wanted so
long, and Lottie Smilesweet and Ethel
Brighteyes, and lots of my friends are going
to get Pianos too. But Pm going early to
make my choice before the best are sold.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-24
Propbvlactic in Sickness

"Typhoid fever has broken out here
again, but wherever Darbys Prophylactic
Fluid has been freely used there has been no
fever."- B. LANCASTER, p NJ, Ed. Cen
trdt Alobdnian.
1.-The Fluid is not merely deodorizer,
but a disinfectant-a destroyer of the dis
eased germs in an atmosphere which cannot
be hreathed without danger, "--Neic York
Epenin0 Post